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Roblox enables parents to block experiences and friends
Roblox, the popular gaming platform geared toward preteens, has made substantial updates to its safety policy in the last year following accusations of insufficient safety measures for children, which could expose them to risks like grooming, explicit content, and violent material. The company announced Wednesday three new parental control features, including the option for them…
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Trump’s national security advisor reportedly used his personal Gmail account to do government work
Michael Waltz used his personal Gmail to share “potentially exploitable” information, per the report.
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AI crawlers cause Wikimedia Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50%
The Wikimedia Foundation, the umbrella organization of Wikipedia and a dozen or so other crowdsourced knowledge projects, said on Wednesday that bandwidth consumption for multimedia downloads from Wikimedia Commons has surged by 50% since January 2024. The reason, the outfit wrote in a blog post Tuesday, isn’t due to growing demand from knowledge-thirsty humans, but…